Spring activities of the Rēznas elementary school in the framework of “Latvian School Finish”

In 2019, the Central School of Rezne was planning and studying the possibilities of the “Latvian School Finish” project to expand its vision, enjoying offers of art and cultural areas for pupils, as well as travelling to various interesting places of Latvia.
Thanks to pre-established schools and SIA “Kinopoints'“ co-operation, the younger class pupils had a unique opportunity to enjoy the latest Latvian animation movies, Jacob, Mimmi and speaking dogs ”'pre-demonstration at their school. Using the project features, the school purchased a license to play the film and technically provided the film impressions. After watching the film, the pupils took a verbal review of the film, welcoming the story of a story, a well-understood artistic performance, and a pronounced story in the development of their character. The animated story of Riga Centre boy Jacob's summer adventure, as if in the unfavourable Riga micro-district in Moscow, which had both the first incomprehension of what was happening and the friendship with local Mimmi and the enthusiastic adventures along with speaking dogs, became a guide to our children, how to make friends and to do important things with others.
Class 1-3 pupils had a unique opportunity to visit the Liepāja doll Theatre hotel show 'three rubs' in the Rēzekne cultural house. For several pupils it was the first visit to the theatre show. The art of artistic high-value and professionally designed dolls in children was very appropriate, as well as comprehensible and easy to understand. The pupils knew the culture of the theatre visit from the entrance, the wardrobe, the place in the theatre hall, the pupils learned to behave, look, understand, and thank the artists for their performance. In terms of time, the performance was very optimum, as many pupils did not yet have a focus on concentrating attention. After watching the show, the children made their impressions creative in language hours, as well as creating an improvised drawing at the school.
This study semester, “Latvian School Finns” “activities, highlighted the development of science and innovation in Latvia, as well as the possibility for pupils to interactively participate in various activities in museums and centres targeting adolescents. In the month of March, a trip to Gulbeni was organised for classes 4-6 in order to meet the bar and visit the educational and interactive centre of the Gulbene railway station,“ rail and steam ”. The visit of the Centre took place with the aim of familiarising the historical heritage of Latvia, the famous Gulbenes - Alūksne Bannes. The pupils were the best target audience for the centre's interactive and educational offering and placement to be best known for getting acquainted with all rail-related equipment. Children had the opportunity to interactively explore the operation of different railway installations. In the second part of the lesson, students are familiar with the activities of old and new locomotives, railway rolling stock and railway infrastructure in Gulbene railway stations and depot.
In the winter of May, the parents' class pupils went to the educational city survey and familiarisation with guides, Daugavpils through the tramway window. "The trip took place along the city tram route 3 route, including visual and expeditious familiarisation with various city sites, from Daugavpils fortress. The children surveyed the city centre and ancient architecture, the confessional building in the hill of four gods, the new building in the chemistry microarea, etc. The Welcome took place with a well-equipped Retro tram, which became an adventure for many pupils, as he had no chance to ride the tram so far. An improvised introduction to tramways took place at the tram endpoint. In a short period of time covering the main parts of the city, the pupils had an interactive view of Latvia's second largest city – Daugavpils. In classes 7-9, students had the opportunity to visit the scientist centre, ZINOO Daugavpils, where most students had first familiarisation with these types of scientific interactive centres. There was a lot of interest in the equipment and things that had an opportunity to try and work with them. With the support and explanation of the Centre's specialists, students deepened their knowledge and, in practice, experimented on how science-based work is carried out and how many day-to-day things are discovered and seen in an invisible and invisible fashion, the entire school has theoretical knowledge of physics, geography, mathematics, chemistry, etc. The attendance of THE ZINOO Centre and the exponentiment of the exhibits was exemplary and very useful.
Along with pupils, the project was accompanied by teachers Inara Ancha, Ilona Butkāne, Antoņina Kozlovska, Edgars Ancs. Thanks to the municipality OF Rēzekne Municipality Kaunatas parish association for the possibility of using the surrounding parish buses for the conveyance of pupils to Rezekne, Gulbeni and Daugavpils! We'll wait for the project “Latvian school bag '' autumn stage!
 
Anatolijs Kozlovskis, co-ordinator of “Latvian School Finish” at Rēznas Basic School